Oral history interview with Thurgood Marshall, 1977
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- Name
- Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993 (Interviewee)
- Edwin, Ed (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Thurgood Marshall, 1977
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of Thurgood Marshall, 1977
- Abstract
- Childhood in Baltimore; education, Lincoln University, 1930, Howard University Law School, 1933; 1936-61, assistant first counsel, Special Counsel, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; impressions of civil rights cases, 1940s-70s, many judges, political figures, race riots; black press, leaders, civil rights organizations; Kenyan and Nigerian nationalism; 1961-65, United Stat es circuit judge; 1965, appointment as Solicitor General by President Johnson; 1967, as Supreme Court Justice; landmark civil rights cases
- Collection Name
- Individual interviews oral history collection
- Subjects
- Judges; Lawyers; African Americans--Civil rights; African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc; United States Race relations; Kenya Politics and government; Nigeria Politics and government; Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; United States. Dept. of Justice; United States. Supreme Court
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 193 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Supreme Court Justice
- Note
- Interviewed by Ed Edwin
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 10060552
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-81ss-6y60
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.